Source: BBC By Leo Kelion Technology desk editor Scientists have built a DNA-analysing smartphone attachment that is a fraction of the cost of lab-based kit. The creators of the phone-powered […]
Source: BBC By Simon Copland 18 January 2017 This month Finland is embarking on a radical economic experiment. Its government is giving 2,000 people free money for two years, guaranteeing […]
Source: BBC Rescuers have removed three bodies from a hotel engulfed by an avalanche in central Italy as a desperate search for up to 35 other people continues. Heavy snow […]
Source: Time By Justin Worland “We have one last opportunity to greatly reduce or even eliminate the human threats to primates and their habitats” Nearly two-thirds of primate species face the […]
Source: NPR By ZAHRA NOORBAKHSH When I was a kid, Mom used to say, “You know you’ve become an infidel when you forget the Fatihah.” The Fatihah is the preamble to […]
Source: RNS By Rahuldeep Singh Gill (RNS) Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will be a rare woman on Donald Trump’s Cabinet-level team, and one of the few persons of color. […]
Source: Associated Press By MATT VOLZ Today HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Orthodox Jewish rabbis said Wednesday they will counter white supremacists’ harassment of the Jewish community in the Montana town […]
Source: Reuters By David Ingram Twenty-seven Jewish community centers in 17 U.S. states reported receiving false telephone bomb threats on Wednesday, prompting evacuations and an FBI probe into the second […]
Happy Thai Pongal to Tamils celebrating! Joyeux Thaï Pongal aux tamouls qui célèbrent! Iniya Pongal Nalvazhthukkal: pic.twitter.com/AT8YE4t3AB — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) January 14, 2017 Source: Huffington Post By Carol […]
Source: The Guardian By Helen Davidson Campaign plans to put up dozens of billboards across capital cities with surplus funding going to Indigenous organisations A crowdfunding campaign has raised more than […]
theguardian: by Anne Billson — Forget sobbing suffering beauties. From Rebecca Hall’s unlikable newsreader to Jessica Chastain’s ruthless lobbyist, this is the year of the unsympathetic, deeply flawed femme. Thank goodness for that. The good news is that there are some great female characters coming up in the cinema in […]
theguardian: by Donald McRae — The American star striker is an active campaigner for women’s equality off the field and has set her sights on becoming the world’s leading player on it, having taken the plunge with a six-month loan spell at Lyon Alex Morgan is a World Cup winner, […]
theguardian — Digital sign in Melbourne showing two Muslim girls in front of the Australian flag sparks furious social media debate and threats to company A digital sign advertising Australia Day 2017 featured images of people from various cultural backgrounds, including one picture of two Muslim girls in front of […]
LOVE in the HOLY QURAN GHAZI Kazi Publications H.R.H. Prince Ghazi of Jordan is a Professor of Islamic Philos- ophy, and is well known as an interfaith activist and author. He obtained his BA from Princeton University in 1988 Summa cum laude; his first PhD from Cambridge University, U.K., in […]
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih II(ra) One of the criticisms levelled at the Holy Qur’an is that its verses promote violence. But in the following excerpt from Life of Muhammadsa, the biography of the Holy Prophetsa by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-din Mahmood Ahmadra, second successor of the Promised […]
January 18, 2017 TEHRAN – Iran regards tourism industry a source for generating wealth, and is seeking to make the best use of positive atmosphere created in the wake of the nuclear deal, known as JCPOA, signed in January 2016. Iran needs to breathe fresh air into the sector […]
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL A collective exhibition titled ‘Migrant Colors’ is now on display in Istanbul, bringing together the works of six artists from Kosovo, displaying unique examples of their art The “Migrant Colors” exhibition is now on in Beşiktaş, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Kosovo Prizren […]
JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The Astana peace talks brokered by Russia and Turkey appear to be in precarious position due to the fact that the ceasefire between Damascus and the rebel forces, painstakingly brokered by Moscow and Ankara, is often violated. As such, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday […]
At least 26,000 people have fled Gambia into Senegal fearing President Yahya Jammeh’s decision to stay in power after losing an election in December could spark unrest, the United Nations said on Wednesday, citing Senegalese government figures. “Up until the night of the 16th there were 26,000 people …. The […]
Gwynne Dyer JORDAN TIMES “I can’t wait to see how the incoming administration deals with AI,” said US Secretary of State John Kerry in a less-than-gracious reference to the fact that the Trump team has not got a clue about the real driving force in the changing world economy. What […]